Jacek Palkiewicz who established the source of the river Amazon

Jacek Palkiewicz, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Ph. D. Jacek Palkiewicz
Reporter and explorer. A graduate in Geographical Sciences, before becoming a journalist he was a mate officer, diamond prospector in Sierra Leone, and skipper of big yachts. He has been a glider pilot and karate black belt.

In 1996 he lead, in collaboration with the Pontificial Catholic University of Lima and the Peruvian Navy, the scientific expedition “Amazon Source '96", who indisputably established the source of the river Amazon (Quehuisha snowfield 5.170 m) in the Peruvian Andes. This discovery has been accepted by Lima's Geographic Society, therefore now it is certified that this river is the longest in the world (about 7.000 km).
In 2002 Palkiewicz began, under the patronage of the Peruvian Government, a mighty expedition, properly equipped of advanced technologies, the most ambitious exploratory enterprise of our times, in the unexplored basin of the Madre de Dios. After of seculars imaginations finally exist tangible signs to solve the enigma of the "lost city" Paititi, mythical El Dorado.
By decree from the president of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Palkiewicz was bestowed with the Official Honour of the Knighthood in recognition of his contribution to the Italian Republic, on June 2nd 2003.
Ph.D. Jacek Palkiewicz, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and active member of the authoritative International Academy for Information in Moscow. He is author of 18 books on adventure, photography and the art of survival, has made wide ranging documentary films, and publishes his reportages in many prestigious European Magazines.